4/3/07

He proposed under the covers, with a euphoric grin on his face.The engagement lasted two weeks.We had no time to waste.I wore an electric blue minidress to the ceremony, and when we walked out of town hall, gypsies with babies on their hips flung their palms at us, whining, “please!a little something for luck on your big day!”Our honeymoon was spent driving up the coast, sleeping in a tent or borrowing the bedrooms of his teenage cousins, making love amidst plastic fashion dolls and plush monkeys.